Listen to the first new Codebreaker song in 6 years, “When The Lights Go Down”

Milwaukee music is currently awash in gauzy, ’80s-tinged synth-pop—think GGOOLLDD, NO/NO, Dashcam, etc. But long before those bands were even blips on the retro radar, the mighty Codebreaker held the distinction of being the best space-age dance act in town. Beginning with 2002’s Spacecamp Luxury and ending with 2011’s The Space Chase, Codebreaker constants Steven Hawley and Sage Schwarm cut a unique and stylish figure in the Milwaukee music scene. Their albums were ahead of their time, and their live shows were can’t-miss experiences. Now, in an event almost as unlikely as the events depicted in 1986’s SpaceCamp (“Jinx and Max…friends forever…”), Codebreaker has released a new single—its first in six years.

Schwarm describes “When The Lights Go Down” as something of a “lost track,” one that was set aside after Codebreaker disbanded in 2012. Still, the song’s dance-floor disco groove and Daft Punk flair sound remarkably fresh in 2017. Call it retro futuristic-retro that still manages to sound futuristic. Or something. Either way, it’s great.